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A. J. SHIPLEY. BUTTON SETTING MACHINE- No.579 ,017. Patented Mar.l6,1897

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No. 579,017. PateptedMar. 16, 1897.

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A. J. SH-IPLEY.

BUTTON SETTINGMAGHINE.

Patented Mar. 16, 1897.

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ALFRED J. SHIPLEY, OF IVATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE SCOVILLMANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

BUTTON- -SETTlNG MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 579,017, dated March16, 1897.

Application filed June 29, 1896.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALFRED J. SHIPLEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Wa terbury, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement inButton-Setting Machines, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to the class of button-setting machinesillustrated,for example, in the patent of Edwin D. Welton, assignor tothe Scovill Manufacturing Company, No. 571,207, granted November 10,1896.

The object of the invention is to furnish a machine by whichbutton-heads and tacks for fastening the said heads to a garment areassembled upon opposite sides of the garment and engaged with oneanother and with the garment.

The machine comprises intermittently-rotated hoppers for containingseparately the button-heads and the tacks; individual chutes leadingfrom the respective hoppers in such manner as to present 'thebutton-heads and the tacks in a common vertical plane; a button-headholder or die arranged at the end of the button-head chute to receivethe button heads singly as they are fed from their hopper in positionfor application to the garment; a punch or plunger which is adapted toreceive and center the tacks singly beneath the button-head in theholder or die, and a switch arranged to control the discharge of thebuttonheads and tacks from their chutes and operated automatically bythe withdrawal of the garment from the machine after a button has beenapplied to such garment.

The novel features of the invention are the button-head holder or dieand the switch for controlling the discharge of the button-heads and thetacks from their respective chutes, all as I will proceed now moreparticularly to i set forth and finally claim.

In the accompanying drawings, illustrating my invention, in the severalfigures of which like parts are similarly designated, Figure 1 is afront elevation of the head of the machine. Fig. 2 is a side elevationwith a portion in section. Fig. 3 is a side elevation.

Fig. 4 is a front elevation, and Fig. 5 is an elevation of the oppositeside of that shown E'erial N0, 597,4M. (No model.)

in Fig. 3, of the button-head holder or die. Fig. 6 is a verticalsection of Fig. 3. Fig. 7 is a top plan view. Fig. 8 is a verticalsection of Fig. 4 with the anvil in contact with the button-head. Fig. 9is a bottom plan view. Figs. 3 to 9, inclusive, are enlarged views.

The stand a has a foot a, by means of which it may be arranged upon atable or other support.

I) is a hopper mounted in any suitable manner upon the stand a andadapted to receive an intermittent rotary motion, as by means of apawl-and-ratchet mechanism, substan tially such as shown in the drawingsand actuated in any suitable manner from the main actuator. This hopperis designed to receive button-heads. A chute c of appropriateconstruction leads from this hopper forwardly and downwardly, and itsraceway terminates opposite the button-head holder or die, which will bepresently described.

cl is another hopper, which is designed to receive the tacks and whichis mounted, in connection with the stand a, in such manner as to becapable of intermittent rotarymotion, such motion being imparted in theinstance illustrated by the pawl-and-ratchet mechanism, which isactuated, as in the case of the button-head hopper, from the main powerappliance. A chute 6 leads from this hopper forwardly and downwardly toa point to discharge its tack in the receiver therefor, presentlydescribed.

f is a switch or gate having fingers or arms f f*, which extend over therespective chutes c and e in such manner that each will pick out fromthe mass of descending button-heads and tacks a single button-head andtack and restrain the descent of the superposed column of the descendingbutton-heads and tacks, and at the proper time will discharge a singlebutton-head and a single tack, which escape thence by gravity into theappropriate receivers for them, as will presently appear.

The stand is provided with a socket-piece g, in which is arranged aplunger g, which is adapted to be reciprocated therein, as by themechanism illustrated, and under the control of a foot-power device. Theupper end of this plunger 9 is reduced and is surrounded by an annularfender or guard-sleeve h, which is fitted thereto by slots h and the pin7L2, and is normally projected by means of a spring '0 in such mannerthat the said fender normally stands above the outer end of the plungeror pin g and constitutes a receiver for the tack discharged from thetack-chute, as before de scribed, the head of the tack by its superiorgravity falling down within the said fender with its head upon the headof the plunger and its point standing up out of the fender.

The button-head holder or die comprises a stationary anvil 70, which maybe secured in position 011 the stand by means of its stem or shank 7a.This die is provided with a centering device which is adapted to engagewith the button-head and hold it in position while the tack is beingapplied. The die is surrounded by a sleeve 1, which may be movablysecured to the said die by means of slots Z and pins Z in such loosemanner that normally the said sleeve hangs down from the said die, as inFigs. 3, 4, 5, and 6, and is capable of being moved upwardly under theaction of the plunger g, so as to force the button-head up against thedie or anvil and hold it rigidly while the tack is being inserted.

As thus far described, the machine differs from the machine of thepatent hereinbefore referred to in details only, and now I will proceedto describe my improvements.

In my invention the sleeve of the buttonholder is provided with theparallel lips m, which underlie an oblique mouth on, which leads intothe button-head holder, and these lips are arranged adjacent to thedischarge end of the button-head chute, so as to take the descendingbutton-head and introduce it into the button-head holder beneath theanvil. The button-head falls from the inclined lips m, afterit haspassed within the sleeve Z, onto the subway-lips n, whereon it rests ina horizontal position and beneath the anvil 7s.

0 is a pivoted gate extending across the opening between the lips n nand serving to assist in centering and retaining the buttonhead in saidlips n. This gate is provided with a vertical stem. 0, which has abearing 0 on the sleeve Z, and the upper end of this stem is providedwith a finger 0 which is in normal contact with a pin or projection 29from the gate f. By means of a suitably-disposed spring q the gate 0 isheld crosswise of the opening between the lips 01., as in Fig. 9, andthe finger o is in contact with the pin 19, but without undue pressurethereon. The gate f resists the action of the finger 0 by means of thespring 0.

As the button is applied to a garment and it is desired to apply anotherbutton or to remove the fabric or garment, the said garment or fabric ispulled away from the machine, and the button-head still being in contactwith the gate 0 the outward pull on said gate serves to rotate it on itsstem 0 and in the bearing 0 and thereby not only permits the withdrawalof the garment with the attached button, but also through the finger 0serves to rock the gate f and thus through the fingers f and f to feedinto the chutes another button-head and tack, respectively, which escapeinto their respective receivers and are positioned for application to agarment. In this way a button-head and a tack are fed into theirrespective receivers only as the preceding button-head and tack areremoved, and thus it is impossible to duplicate in their respectivereceivers and so choke the machine, a fault incident to some priorconstructions.

It will be understood, of course, that as the plunger g is elevated toconnect the tack with the button-head the sleeve h recedes into thesocket g and the sleeve Z rises on the anvil 70.

While I have shown and hereinbefore described my invention as used tooperate a gate or switch common to both chutes, I wish to be understoodas not limiting it to such a gate or switch, as it is easily within myinvention to divide the gate for the chutes and make the said gatesindependent in operation. In such a case I would prefer to operate thebutton-head chute automatically from the button-head-holder gate, andthe switch or gate for the tack-chute might be operated positively fromone of the hoppers or might be otherwise operated.

What I claim is 1. In a button-setting machine, a buttonhead holder ordie and means to feed buttonheads thereto, the said button-head holderor die comprising a stationary anvil and a movable sleeve surroundingthe same and provided with inclined lips leading into the saidbutton-head holder and to a horizontal subway upon which the button-headrests while being applied, substantially as described.

2. A button-head holder, for button-setting machines, comprising ananvil, a movable sleeve surrounding such anvil and provided withinclined lips leading into the said holder and to a horizontal subwayupon which the button-head rests while being applied, and a spring-gatefor retaining the button-head within the holder, while being set, andpermitting its escape, after being set, substantially as described.

3. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a button-headholder or die, a springgate for retaining the button-head within suchholder,. means to feed buttonheads to such holder or die, a gate forcontrolling the button-feed, and a connection between suchbutton-feed-controlling gate and the gate in the button holder or die,whereby as the button-holder gate is actuated to release thebutton-head, the button-feed-controlling gate is also actuated,substantially as described.

4. In a button-setting machine, the combination with a button-headholder or die, means to receive and apply tacks to the button-headssuccessively, hoppers for the button-heads and tacks, chutes leadingfrom such hoppers respectively to the button-head holder or die and thetack-receiver, a gate or switch applied to the said chutes andcontrolling the feed, both of the button-heads and of the tacks, andmeans interposed between said gate or switch and the button-head holderor die and actuated by the withdrawal of a button-head from suchbutton-head holder or die to operate the said gate or switch to feedanother button-head and tack, substantially as described.

5. In a button-setting machine, the combination with the button-headhopper, a chute and a button-head holder or die, of a gate interposed inthe path of exit of the button- ALFRED J. SHIPLEY.

Witnesses:

THEOPHILUS R. HYDE, Jr, CHARLES FEHL.

